18 Amazing Bollywood Facts!
1:33 PMIndia Film Project
Bollywood Facts
1.
The
first motion picture in India was ‘The Wrestlers’ screened in 1899 a portrait
photographer called Harischandra Sakharam Bhatavdekar.
2.
‘Mughal-e-Azam’
(1960) was a trilingual – with all scenes shot thrice in Hindi, Tamil and
English. When the Tamil one flopped miserably, the English language one was
aborted.
3.
Lata Mangeshkar's song ‘Ae Malik Tere Bande Hum’ from ‘Do
Aankhen Barah Haath’ (1957) which was an original composition by Vasant Desai,
was adapted by a Pakistani school as the school anthem.
4.
Actor Amjad Khan was almost dropped from ‘Sholay’ (1975)
because scriptwriter Javed Akhtar found his voice weak for Gabbar Singh's role.
Danny Denzongpa was approached for that role initially.
5.
Dharmendra’s fee when he debuted in 1960 in the movie ‘Dil
Bhi Tera Hum Bhi Tere’ was a meager 51 rupees.
6.
Devika Rani was the first actress with a degree in
film-making.
7.
In the film ‘Heroine’ Kareena Kapoor wore over 130 different
dresses provided from top designers from all over the world. It has been
reported that Kareena’s wardrobe for the film was one of the most expensive out
of all the Bollywood movies ever created.
8.
Saif Ali Khan was the original choice for Shahrukh
Khan’s role in ‘Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge’. Even Tom Cruise was considered
for the role of Raj Malhotra (SRK’s role in the film).
9.
‘Rockstar’ was
shot in reverse order, with the climax being shot first. Reason: The makers did
not want to disturb the continuity of Ranbir Kapoor’s hairstyle.
10. Raj Kapoor’s
‘Mera Naam Joker’ was the first Hindi movie to have two intervals.
11. The longest film
in the world is also a Bollywood film. ‘LOC: Kargil’ is 4 hours and 25 minutes
long and if you plan to catch this war saga, we recommend you’re sitting
comfortably.
12. The film ‘Lagaan’
by Aamir Khan has the most number of British actors playing a significant role
in the entire history of Bollywood cinema.
13. The ‘Khalnayak’
song ‘Choli Ke Peeche’ was protested by as many as 42 political parties
14. Indians buy 2.7
billion movie tickets annually, the highest in the world. But average ticket
prices are among the lowest in the world so revenues are a fraction compared to
Hollywood.
15. For a country that
is obsessed with films, there are still very few cinema screens. India has
fewer than 13,000 screens compared with nearly 40,000 screens in the US.
16. ‘Kaho Naa.. Pyar
Hai’ was added to the Guinness Book of World Records 2002 edition for winning
the most number of awards for a movie. The movie won a total of 92 awards.
17. The song ‘Ab
Tumhare Hawale Watan Saathiyon’ in the film by the same name is the longest
Hindi film song. The length of this iconic song is 20 minutes and
the song is featured in three installments in the film.
18. Anurag Basu
wanted Katrina Kaif originally to narrate the story in ‘Barfi!’ instead of
Ileana D’Cruz. But the director had to go with the latter when Katrina refused
due to unknown reasons.
